Policy & Regulation

Ferments du Futur, a public-private research initiative to industrialise fermentation technologies for future food production in France, has received a €19.1M ($21.8M) funding boost from a government agency. France is bolstering its…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Daiya's protein mac and cheese, Nueva Pescanova's aborted octopus farm plan, and Wildtype's crowdfunding success. New…
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Californian startup BMC Ingredients (formerly The Better Meat Co) has secured a letter of no objection from Health Canada, enabling it to sell its Rhiza mycoprotein in the country. US mycoprotein player BMC Ingredients is expanding its…
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A global transition towards healthy diets rich in plant-based foods could bring significant benefits, with scientists calling on governments to "rise to the challenge" and "make difficult decisions" for public and planetary health. …
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Australian startup All G has launched its precision-fermented bovine lactoferrin in the US, just as it plans a second facility and expects to bring its human lactoferrin ingredient to market within six months. Months after securing…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Lavazza's Alpro-endorsed milk frother, HappyVore's kebab collab, and the FDA's self-GRAS update. New products and…
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The EU has added inulin-propionate ester, a fibre ingredient that can stimulate the body's natural GLP-1 response, to its list of approved novel foods, enabling companies to sell the additive in food products. As weight-loss medications…
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The Indian government has published a 10-year roadmap to boost the national bioeconomy sector, which includes building the alternative protein sector through manufacturing and regulatory progress. India's commitment to the bioeconomy…
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The Trump administration is finding it difficult to land on a standardised definition of ultra-processed food, according to the FDA's acting deputy chief, who reiterated that the agency doesn't plan to ban these products. Establishing a…
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In its annual sustainability report, Brazilian meat major JBS scrapped its net-zero emissions goal for 2040 and omitted mentions of its earlier target of eliminating supply chain deforestation. JBS, a meat producer that emits more…
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Austrian-American food tech startup BioCraft Pet Nutrition has published a publicly available regulatory dossier for cultivated meat ingredients in pet food, proposing a minimum safety disclosure standard for the industry. To advance…
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California's 2026-27 budget includes a $500M school kitchen provision that enables educational institutions to purchase plant-based meals and milk alternatives. He may be running for president in 2028, but if his final state budget is…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Wicked Kitchen's UK return, Tetra Pak's new bioreactor, and the Green Party's plant-based policy proposal. New products…
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The EU has invested €5.5M ($6.3M) in the Coco-AI project, which aims to use artificial intelligence to develop a plant cell culture platform to grow sustainable cocoa. As part of its Horizon Europe scheme, the EU is betting on…
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NFX UK, a dedicated network of experts backing the novel foods sector, has secured $650,000 in funding to accelerate regulatory approvals in the UK and expand its work into Europe. Just as the UK government publishes its latest set of…
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The US Department of Health and Human Services has launched a pledge to ”make hospital food healthier”, encouraging healthcare facilities to limit processed meat and prioritise non-UPF options like plant proteins. In March, the US…
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The UK's Food Standards Agency has published the second tranche of guidance documents for cultivated meat regulation, just as the country pursues an EU trade agreement that could jeopardise approvals. As the UK and the EU navigate a new…
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Californian precision fermentation startup New Culture has secured another patent for its recombinant casein protein, covering its flagship mozzarella product in the US. Ahead of its expected launch in pizza restaurants in California,…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Oatly's partnership with Dutch Railways, Finless Foods' crowdfunding round, and Gosh!'s Mad About Veg campaign. New…
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The EU has published its long-awaited Protein Plan, acknowledging the importance of plant-based proteins but failing to set concrete targets to increase production for human use. Europe’s policymakers have embraced plant proteins as a…
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A coalition of over 100 food, farming and nutrition groups is calling on the USDA to expand access to pulse-based ingredients to help schools meet its new protein-rich dietary guidelines. Amid the furore around the meat-promoting update…
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